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Though water is still often collected from taps in many places, as an estimated 1600 people die daily across the country from contaminated water supplies, the market for purified bottled water is growing. Water jugs waiting to be filled, photo by: McKay Savage.

In Bottlemania, Elizabeth Royte concluded: “I come away from my investigations with at least one certainty; not all tap water is perfect. But it is the devil we know, the devil that we have standing to negotiate with and to improve."

The House has blocked diverting any new water from the Great Lakes and forces bordering states to adhere to new conservation standards. In a 390-25 vote, the House approved a measure on Tuesday that will increase protection of the Great Lakes region.

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The very un-TreeHugger nature of the bottled water industry has graced this site numerous times, but there is some good news:

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